Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) representatives have strongly expressed their dislike to take the contribution of special planning body in materializing the proposed and ongoing metro and mono rail projects. The MMRDA proposed plan was rejected strongly in the Chief Minister chaired authority meeting. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority conducted a meeting along with [...] Continue Reading »
Even as the BrihanMumbai Municipal has stood strongly against the residents of the Campa Cola Compound, there were a total of 4000 buildings which continued to stay tall and erect despite being given several orders of demolition. The Comptroller and Auditor General has mentioned in its latest report of Monday that there were a total [...] Continue Reading »
With regard to the issue involving the eviction of residents of the Campa Cola society, the Maharashtra government will apparently turn to the Attorney General of India for legal opinion. The legal opinion which the Maharashtra government will probably seek from the Attorney General will largely pertain to the manner and extent of the government’s intervention into [...] Continue Reading »
In a recent report, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has revealed that civic authorities may demolish parts for a new 21-stoery residential tower in Parel, Mumbai. The demolition of parts of the tower – built by realty developer Isa Enterprises – is seemingly imminent because of certain violations in construction. According to the demolition-related details [...] Continue Reading »
The legal scuffle between the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and residents of the Campa Cola Compound in South Mumbai’s upmarket Worli area has finally come to an end, with the Supreme Court rejecting the residents’ fresh request against the eviction and demolition of illegal flats in the housing complex. The residents of the Campa Cola [...] Continue Reading »
Mumbai- After a delay of several days, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has invited expression of interest (EoI) to be chosen as the external third party auditors for the civic infrastructure projects from the private firms. With this move, all the capital works like the reconstruction and repair of the civic school and hospitals along with the [...] Continue Reading »
After the demise of Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray, specualtions are high regarding the control of Shiv Sena over Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). BMC is perceived as a mini-government within Maharashtra state and it directly controls one of the World’s most costliest properties in greater Mumbai. Developers since the past few years have been relying [...] Continue Reading »
Five years after Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) first proposed to undertake redevelopment of Crawford Market, the civic body has now finalised tenders worth Rs 20 crore for restoration of the front heritage building. The 141-year-old front portion of the market is a notified grade one heritage structure. The city civic body decided to undertake both [...] Continue Reading »
A study by Observer Research Foundation (ORF) shows that Mumbai loses a shocking 650 million litres of water every single day due to leaking pipes — this is the total of Pune’s total daily water supply. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) does not seem to have a plan to curb this issue. The study says, [...] Continue Reading »
In order to earn more money, the Maharashtra state cabinet has cleared a new policy for pre-Independence leasehold plots in Mumbai. The policy will affect the monthly rentals of tenants occupying old buildings in the city. As per the new policy, the government has hiked rent, limited the term of new agreements to 30 years [...] Continue Reading »
